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* [http://www.redbullflugtagusa.com/ Red Bull Flutag] showcases some hilarious, inefficient, ineffective but ultimately awesome "flying" machines.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0h6BzNwACDs This clip] presents black-and-white stock footage that includes several silly airplanes and helicopters failing (two examples at the beginning, then more about halfway through).
* A working, human-powered [[wikipedia:Ornithopter|ornithopter]] was built by University of [[Toronto]] post-graduate students and [https://web.archive.org/web/20101230155908/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/university-of-toronto-students-make-history-with-human-powered-flight/article1719728/ flown successfully in August 2010] (though earlier flights can contest the "world's first" claim in the article, this is likely the most successful, and elaborate, design used so far). Interestingly, the design was created using [[Leonardo da Vinci]]'s sketches as an early starting point, though the final product looks nothing like his work (but no less impressive in flight for that).
* An annual festival in Japan<ref>Can someone provide link? Google isn't very helpful right now.</ref> brings together man-powered contraptions to essentially leap off a cliff together in their pursuit of flight. Success is measured in distance and seconds, but isn't the sole criteria; points are given for design originality and sheer ballsiness.
* A series of 3-dimensional models in the Chinook Mall (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) are this. They're suspended from a track which they periodically move around.
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